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Article: House of shadows. (Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum in Osaka, Japan)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- August 1, 1995
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Tadao Ando's recently completed museum for the study of ancient Japanese burial mounds has both formal rigour and spiritual intensity.
The southern part of Osaka prefecture contains a remarkable aggregation of ancient Japanese burial mounds (kofun), dating from the fifth and sixth century. Scattered across the undulating terrain are about 200 tumuli, among them four imperial tombs with characteristic keyhole forms and the tomb of Ono-no-Imoko, Japan's first ambassador to China. The new Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum was conceived as a centre for exhibiting and researching kofun culture.
Tadao Ando has sought to create a building that transcends the scope of ...
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